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Nutritional Requirements Following Cancer Treatment/Surgery

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Handbook of Clinical Nutrition and Aging

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Malnutrition represents one of the most common causes of morbidity and mortality in the cancer patient. Over 50% of patients diagnosed with cancer report significant weight loss and related symptoms of malnutrition (1). Gastrointestinal malignancies have some of the highest incidence of nutritional problems, with pancreatic and gastric cancers each reporting more than an 80% incidence of malnutrition (2). Breast, prostate, and lung cancers also have significant incidences, from 35% to 60% according to recent studies (2,3). In addition to the symptoms caused by malnutrition, the response to treatment and overall survival of cancer patients has been shown to correlate inversely with their degree of malnutrition (4). Thus, any prognostic determination in a patient diagnosed with cancer must ultimately consider their nutritional status and any interventions must be considered in parallel.

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  1. Durham VA Medical Center and Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA

    Connie Watkins Bales PhD, RD, FACN

  2. Louisville VA Medical Center and University of Louisville Schools of Medicine and Public Health, Louisville, KY, USA

    Christine Seel Ritchie MD, MSPH

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Vickers, S.M., Nagi, P.A. (2004). Nutritional Requirements Following Cancer Treatment/Surgery. In: Bales, C.W., Ritchie, C.S. (eds) Handbook of Clinical Nutrition and Aging. Nutrition and Health. Humana Press, Totowa, NJ. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59259-391-0_20

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